...e..,"--.:., e . r '22.. . . z_-"-.2-3,!--s.e- 2.W.MIONlomil*P002.22 Gojpel Xe7t1ftott. 39 to feek after the pardon of their fin, that you may have your comforts ai,d enjoyments in this world in outward things Tweet unto you ; anti if there were no other reafon to perl'wade you to leek alter iúrgivenefs, this might be enough , that you may have all your outward mercies in mercy to you ; you may have an Eftate; a Tweet Yo..\k-fellow, and {weet Children, and all thou canft &fire, and thefe are mercies, but they are but fuch mercies as God may give to thofe that are Enemies unto him ; they are but outward mercies at the belt, coming not to thee as fruits of the Covenant, and fo are not thefore mercies cf Da vid ; nay, not worthy to be accounted mercies. Confider but two things ; Firft, TheQuilt of fin upon thyfoul, isfogreat an evil, that take all theft things at the beft, theyare but as agrain of Sugar put into a tun of Gall ; a tun filled up with bitter Gall, and one grain of Sugar put into it, would not all the fweetnefs of it be fwallowed up in the tun of Gall ? fo were the Monarchy of the whole world made over to thee , yet if thy fin be unpar- doped, there is fo much evil in it, as all that thou canft en- joy is but as one grainof Sugar put into a Tun of Gall, the evil- of fin would fwallow it all up. Secondly, Thou knoweft not what thou haft, whether it be out of Gods love or hatred ; Nay, thou haft rather caufe to conclude,, it is out of Gods anger .and hatred, than out of Gods loue ; How can't thou thenaccoùnt. it a mercy, when all the comforts thou haft, may come out of Gods infinite anger and hatred to thee, rather than out of love ? therefore till thou art affured ofpar don, thouhaft no mercy, thou can't be affuredof, is in mercy to thee .: This 'hews, i .Thegreat vanity ofmen and women that lookafter pardon of ftn,but 'eas onlyat fueh times. as God takes awayall other comforts from them ; as thus, they think to fatis;ñe themfelves with the creatures while they can enjoy them , while they can go up and down amongft friends, eat good chear, and have all coming in ; lout when God takes away all thefe, as on a fick' bed, then they will cry for pardon ; Oh mercy Lord ! oh mercy! I am a wretched milerable firmer, oh mercy ! Well, now you would have mercy, Why now,: and not before? before you had.
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